Awards given at Point Mugu

The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division presented the 2013 Honorary Awards to employees Thursday at Point Mugu.

The awards recognize individual and team work in technical, business and leadership excellence.

Loren Davis, John Gurka, Jack H. Hjort and Rodney A. Oberlander won the Michelson Laboratory Award, given to individuals for technical excellence.

Milton G. Gabaldon, William R. Stepler and Bruce A. Stenger won the Dr. Manual A. Garcia Award, given to civilians who have made significant contributions to testing and evaluating weapon systems.

The Gwendolyn Elliott Hunt Memorial Award, given to civilian or military employees who make strides in personal development, academic achievements, career advancement or mission accomplishments, went to Julie Hayes and Sylvia R. Salinas.

The Dr. Twain C. Lockhart Memorial Award, which relates to the development of target systems to meet the testing requirements of weapons systems, went to Michael P. Patterson, Michael C. Purcell and Lars S. Truckenbrod.

Brian A. Craig, Jeffrey D. Dibler and Donald Wilson won the Captain Kenneth A. Walden Memorial Award, given to civilian or military employees who have made contributions to the division’s goals in the past three years.

The CDR Clifton Evans Jr. Memorial Award, which is for contributions in information warfare and electronic warfare, went to John P. Allred, Lester A. Daugherty, Jared D. Fife and Donald P. Marcotte.

Harold F. Rosenthal won the Equal Employment Opportunity Annual Award in the supervisor or manager category.

Three teams won Warfighter Support Awards for outstanding fleet support: